The Australian Welfare State

Author : Philip Mendes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351801775

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Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State by Philip Mendes Pdf

This book explores the tensions between the competing social rights and social control functions of the modern Australian welfare state. By critically examining the history and rhetoric of the Australian welfare state from 1972 to the present day, and using the author’s long-standing research on the Australian Council of Social Service and other welfare advocacy groups, it analyses the transformation from rights-based to conditional welfare. The Labor Party Government from 1972-75 is identified as the only clear cut example of Australia positively using welfare payments and services as an instrument to promote greater social equity, inclusion and participation. Since the mid-1970s, the Australian welfare state has gradually retreated from the social rights agenda conceived by the Whitlam Government. Australia has followed other Anglo-Saxon countries in adopting increasingly conditional and paternalistic measures that undermine the protection of social citizenship outside the labour market. In contrast, this text makes the case for an alternative participatory and decentralized welfare state model that would prioritize social care by empowering and supporting welfare service users at a local community level. This book will be of interest to academics, students and policy-makers working within social policy, social work and political sociology.

Author : John Wilson,Jane Thomson,Anthony McMahon
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0732930995

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The Australian Welfare State by John Wilson,Jane Thomson,Anthony McMahon Pdf

Textbook for tertiary students which provides documentary sources as well as commentaries from academics in the field to outline the historical development of the Australian welfare state. Suitable for introductory courses in social welfare, politics, sociology and public policy. The material is presented in five parts including: policies for the employed in the last century, the struggle of Australian women to receive employment and child-related benefits from the state, the development of policies relating to indigenous and immigrant Australians and how the welfare state has dealt with the aged and refugees. The final part considers documents in Australian history that contrast discordant understandings of the purposes of the welfare state. Includes a table of contents, an index and list of references. Also available in hardback.

Author : Philip Mendes
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Australia
ISBN : 174223478X

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Australia's Welfare Wars by Philip Mendes Pdf

In this fully revised third edition of Australia's Welfare Wars, Philip Mendes questions many of the key values and assumptions that determine contemporary social welfare policies, and the factors and forces that shape these policies in Australia.

Author : Michael Anthony Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : 0043600565

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The Australian Welfare State by Michael Anthony Jones Pdf

Author : Michael A. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 083575894X

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The Australian Welfare State by Michael A. Jones Pdf

Author : McDonald,Netta Avineri
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1420256769

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The Australian Welfare State by McDonald,Netta Avineri Pdf

In 1992, Australian sociologist Lois Bryson published what proved to be an important book entitled Welfare and the State: Who benefits? The central feature of this text was an exploration of the actual, as opposed to assumed, nature of the redistribution of resources via the Australian welfare state. Following on from Bryson’s work, The Australian Welfare State: Who benefits now? assesses trends in poverty and inequality in Australia from 1992 to the present and describes and evaluates the institutions that make up the Australian welfare state. Taking Bryson’s initial analysis as the baseline, this title illustrates the major structural and institutional developments in the Australian welfare state, and in the Australian economy and society, over this same period. It analyses political and policy responses to poverty and inequality in Australia and assesses the extent and direction of redistribution in key areas of state activity. This text definitively outlines the links between Australians’ conceptions about welfare and the redistributive outcomes of the welfare state, canvassing theoretical explanations about why many Australians develop and maintain misconceptions of the broad distributive mechanisms of the Australian welfare state and hold negative attitudes towards its social welfare element. Containing a number of pedagogical features including case studies, exercises, excerpts from Government agencies, and discussion questions, The Australian Welfare State is an indispensable resource for students undertaking studies in social policy from a range of disciplinary perspectives including sociology, public administration, economics and social work.

Author : Michael Anthony Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : 0044421486

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The Australian Welfare State by Michael Anthony Jones Pdf

An examination of the Australian welfare state.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:271741513

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The Australian Welfare State by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Gordon Saunders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521454565

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Welfare and Inequality by Peter Gordon Saunders Pdf

Over the past few decades the welfare state has been under increasing pressure. Rapid social and economic change has left many people dependent on social institutions, while deteriorating economic prospects have led to calls to cut welfare expenditure. This book introduces key concepts in the welfare state debate and questions the arguments for further cutbacks. It examines: • the role, nature and effects of the welfare state in contemporary society • the links between the welfare state and the economy, particularly in Australia in the 1990s • the success of the Australian welfare state in achieving its aims of improving economic equality and social cohesion. These issues are considered in the light of the experiences of comparable countries able to offer lessons to Australia. Written by economists in clear language, the book makes an important contribution to the discussion of social issues.

Author : Michael Anthony Jones
Publisher : Sydney : G. Allen & Unwin
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0868613010

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The Australian Welfare State by Michael Anthony Jones Pdf

Author : Philip Mendes
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 086840991X

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Australia's Welfare Wars Revisited by Philip Mendes Pdf

This book explores the role played by ideologies and lobby groups in determining welfare state outcomes with specific reference to up-to-date theories about globalisation.

Author : Peter Saunders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0642394741

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Reforming the Australian Welfare State by Peter Saunders Pdf

Author : Sonia Martin,Suellen Murray,Greg Marston,Jenny Chalmers,John Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000257311

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Half a Citizen by Sonia Martin,Suellen Murray,Greg Marston,Jenny Chalmers,John Murphy Pdf

'This important and illuminating book provides a powerful and harrowing depiction of the inadequacies of the Australian welfare system. Its findings challenge the foundations and direction of the welfare reform agenda.' - Professor Peter Saunders, University of New South Wales 'This major new study challenges many myths about life on welfare and in low paid work. It should be read by anyone concerned with welfare reform.' - Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy, University of Bath What is it really like to be unemployed and on welfare? How do you make ends meet? Does the welfare system actually help people get back into jobs? Half a Citizen draws on in-depth interviews with 150 welfare recipients to reveal people struggling to get by on a low income, the anxieties of balancing paid work with income support, and how unstable housing makes it difficult to get ahead. By investigating the lives beyond the statistics, Half a Citizen also explodes powerful myths and assumptions on which welfare policy is based. The majority of welfare recipients interviewed are very active, in paid work, caring for children or for other family members, and they see themselves as contributing and participating citizens, even if they sometimes feel they are being treated as 'half a citizen'. These stories of resilience and passion bear no resemblance to the clich d images of dependence, laziness, and social isolation which underpin social policy and media debate.

Author : Sirvan Karimi
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487510961

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Beyond the Welfare State by Sirvan Karimi Pdf

Neoliberal calls for welfare state reforms, especially cuts to public pensions, are a contentious issue for employees, employers, and national governments across the western world. But what are the underlying factors that have shaped the response to these pressures in Canada and Australia? In Beyond the Welfare State, Sirvan Karimi utilizes a synthesis of Marxian class analysis and the power resources model to provide an analytical foundation for the divergent pattern of public pension systems in Canada and Australia. Karimi reveals that the postwar social contract in Australia was market-based and more conducive to the privatization of retirement income. In Canada, the social contract emphasized income redistribution that resulted in strengthening the link between the state and the citizen. By shedding light on the impact of national settings on public pension systems, Beyond the Welfare State introduces new conceptual tools to aid our understanding of the welfare state at a time when it is increasingly under threat.

Author : Bent Greve
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781444362343

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The Times They Are Changing? by Bent Greve Pdf

The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world. Provides comprehensive and in depth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of the financial crisis Reveals how the financial crisis is changing our perception of the welfare states Features contributions from policy researchers and academics from around the world